What are the functions of the instrument panel?

The instrument panel is the most important element in every car. They are equipped with all the cars, ranging from passenger cars and ending with huge tractors and dump trucks. There is only one thing that unites them - functions. And the instrument panel operates in the same way. Of course, there are some differences between them, and they mostly concern design. If you look at the instrument panel "Zaporozhets" and "Fiat Doblo", you can see many differences between them. But we will not go into details.

As we have seen, the main purpose of this part is to give the driver information about the current state of the vehicle. At the moment, we can distinguish three main arrows that are present on each car: this is the scale of the speedometer, tachometer and the level of the remaining fuel in the tank.

In addition to all this, the instrument panel can serve to provide information on the state of the units, that is, to perform the functions of the on-board computer. Unfortunately, the domestic automotive industry is far from this. But still such instances can be seen on "smart" Japanese and Korean cars. Also worth noting is the very popular today's digital scales. They do not complete every car, and again the "Japanese" here in the championship. The scales do not have any arrows.

All that is required for the driver is a small liquid crystal display that can display all information about fuel level, speed and so on. The main advantages of such digital tools are functionality. On one display, the driver can vary the reading. This means that the motorist can choose at any time what he needs: to set a sensor that will show the average fuel consumption per unit of time or kilometer, or to start a stopwatch that will detect the time behind the wheel. In addition, the digital instrument panel can provide temperature data, and they can measure the degree both inside the machine and "overboard".

The only drawback of such tools is their unreliability. Due to the fact that many sensors, wires and cables need to be connected to such a dashboard, they can be serviced only by the service station, and even then repair of such tools will have to be paid a tidy sum. Another thing is the switchgear of instruments. GAZ 3110 and many domestic cars are supplied with just such devices. Their main advantage over digital analogs lies in their unpretentiousness and reliability. Electronics such a dashboard (VAZ 2109 including) has almost no. And this means that, for example, you can change the speedometer cable yourself. By the way, the cost of the parts of the switch panels is several times cheaper than the digital counterparts. So it turns out that it is more profitable to use the classic version, time-tested. This is confirmed by the wide use of dial scales on modern imported cars.

So, we figured out what the dashboard is for, and what functions it performs.